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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on October 12, 1965Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 October 1965384,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
384,062 km238,645 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1965 is on Sunday, October 10, 1965 at 14:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 24, 1965 at 14:11 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 10, 196514:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 17, 196519:00

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1965 to the new moon of October 24, 1965, a cycle of 29.45 days.